A photo taken by the Perseverance rover of what appears to be a human face on the surface of Mars has left internet users stunned.
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The click, taken on September 27, 2024, shows a strangely shaped rock surrounded by similar formations that closely resemble a human face. The wear on the rock and the camera angle made the stone…
Although it may look like a fully formed face, with a nose, partially open mouth, and eye sockets, experts emphasized that it is just a relatively common rock on the Martian surface, according to ScienceAlert.
Scientists further explained that this is a classic case of pareidolia, which describes when humans identify meaningful shapes, like faces, in random objects. Jessica Taubert from the University of Queensland stated that pareidolia tells us a lot about how our brains work.
“We know that when we see faces in objects, this illusion is processed by parts of the human brain dedicated to processing real faces, so, in theory, facial pareidolia ‘tricks the brain,'” Dr. Taubert said.
Her study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, investigated this phenomenon and found that people are more likely to see male faces in random objects. “Participants were able to recognize the emotional expressions conveyed by these peculiar objects and attribute a specific age and gender to them.”
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